Book review:

Baladchi

Memoirs of combatants of Lorestan province from the eight years of sacred defense narrated by Ismaeel Sepahvand

Baladchi or Pathfinder is the self-written oral history of the combatants of Lorestan province, which is narrated from the perspective and mind of Ismaeel Sepahvand. The first volume of Baladchi deals with the birth to Operation Valfajr 9 in seven chapters. In the first chapter, the reader watches Ismaeels childhood.

Taking a look at the book "A Narrative of the Thirsty-Lips Wises"

Oral History of Veteran Haj Jafar Bagheri

The book "A Narrative of the Thirsty-Lips Wises", which was interviewed and compiled by Dr. Jalal Kaviani for the General Directorate of Preservation and Publication for Sacred Defense Values of West Azerbaijan, was first published in Tehran in 2020 in 380 pages and 500 copies with a price of 400,000 Rials (Iranian currency) has been published and sent to the book market. Haj Jafar Bagheri recounts his memories from childhood to his presence on the front of the Iraqi ...

Book Review:

"Unmarked"

A narration of life of freed POW Imam-Ali Koonani

"Finally I saw my own grave. My name which had been engraved on the stone very largely was very visible. It was a big white stone all of which had been engraved with sentences. It was exactly the same thing about which I always imagined. I raised my eyes. An aluminum frame had been mounted on top of my grave. It looked to be my photo! Yeah, it was a framed photo of me that the ...

Introducing the book "Sit for a While Until It Rains..."

A description of life of martyred teacher Sayyid Amir Hossein Mousavi, narrated by Shamsi Falahati, the martyr’s wife

In the first sight, the first thing that attracts attention is cover of the book, in which one feels that the designer has been tasteful in preparing it. In addition, the work has a good and acceptable printing and binding. According to the list, contents of the book are: Instead of Introduction, the fifteen chapters, Martyrs Will, Pictures and Documents. In the introduction, the author points out that "this book is a simple and ...

A documentary about the socio-political life of a politician

A Review of a Book entitled Memoirs of Seyed Mostafa Hashemi -Taba

Listening to historical narratives from different people can be interesting. Oral history is the transformation of individual experiences into collective experience and memoir writing as methods of recording personal experiences and expressing the social, economic, cultural, and political situation of a particular period for the present and the future. The memoirs of "Seyed Mostafa Hashemi -Taba" is one of the memoirs and oral history books which is based on the memoirs of "Seyed Mostafa Hashemi-Taba" and edited by Akbar Khoshzad in 416 pages.

Review of the book "Behavior in Prudence"

Taking a look at the Political and Social Life of Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Hadi Barikbin

On the cover of the book, it is written: "The present book is a narration of the past life of a religious-political person in the Qazvin region; one who led the Friday Imamate in Qazvin for more than three decades; Hajj Sheikh Hadi Barikbin who had experienced two lifestyles as a child. The ritual and policy of Iranian life in the urban society in which Mr. Hadi was raised there was a strong connection between this model and Iranian identity.

Introducing the book "Between the Indians"

Memoirs of trip of justice-seeking students to Bolivia

The book is an attempt to show the efforts of the Student Justice-Seeking Movement group dispatched to the International Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia. This collection includes memoirs of the delegation, including intellectual articles, with the help of which they show the Latin American atmosphere and their role in international relations, and discuss the commonality of Iran and Latin American countries. These memories are related to the year 1389 (2010).

Review of the book "The Prince of My Land"

Biography of a Martyr of Science Named Dr. Majid Shahriari

The book "The Prince of My Land" is written by Masoumeh Zeinali and its first edition was published under the supervision of the Office of Culture and Sustainability Studies of Zanjan Province and in Surah Mehr Publications (affiliated to Arts Center), in 404 pages and 1250 copies and priced at 80,000 Toman (Iranian currency) in 2021. In general, as the author mentions in her introduction: "This book is the life story of a man who, relying on genius, ability, and domestic scientific ...

Book Review:

"Here is Syria"

The book "This Is Syria" is the voice of female narrators of the war in Syria, where Zohreh Yazdanpanah has compiled memories of war-torn women in two parts during her two trips to the country. The first part of the book relates to the authors first journey in autumn and winter 2017-2018 that it has been compiled in eleven chapters, and each chapter refers to interviews with a number of Syrian women.

Review of the book entitled “Pearl of Knowledge”

Oral History Interview With Dr. Abbas Horri

Oral history is one of the scientific methods in historical research that is based on purposeful interviews. Oral history focuses on individual experiences, and its collector contributes greatly to a joint effort with the narrator to examine and record his or her experiences. In recent years, the National Archives and Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted numerous interviews with contemporary scientific, political, cultural, and artistic characters, including interviews with librarianship and information science professors.
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Loss of Memory in Pahlavi Prisons

In total, [I was in prison] about 6 years in two arrests. For the first time after several years, a soldier arranged my escape. I do not know why! Maybe he was one of the influential elements of Islamic groups. They took me to the hospital for the treatment of my hand, which was broken due to the callousness of an officer.

Hajj Pilgrimage

I went on a Hajj pilgrimage in the early 1340s (1960s). At that time, few people from the army, gendarmerie and police went on a pilgrimage to the holy Mashhad and holy shrines in Iraq. It happened very rarely. After all, there were faithful people in the Iranian army who were committed to obeying the Islamic halal and haram rules in any situation, and they used to pray.

A section of the memories of a freed Iranian prisoner; Mohsen Bakhshi

Programs of New Year Holidays
Without blooming, without flowers, without greenery and without a table for Haft-sin , another spring has been arrived. Spring came to the camp without bringing freshness and the first days of New Year began in this camp. We were unaware of the plans that old friends had in this camp when Eid (New Year) came.

Attack on Halabcheh narrated

With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...